The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-07


The following later information con-
oerning The a6air l. Of interest. Up 70
the time vs 60 70 press no further news
has bssn received: W
Cool, Ohio, April 27.-Three compa-
mics Of the sixteenth regiment have Just
arrived here and will at once proceed TO
tl,s sosns Of the riot, which Is four miles
from thh point. Four loud reports were
heard In the direction Of the reservoir
since dark, and lively time is expected
before morning.
ToLnDo, Ohio, April 27.-Not since the
days Of the Cincinnati riots has there been
so much excitement in this city as upon
the receipt Of the news to-day ordering
the militia 10 at once assemble at their
armories ready for duty in Paulding
county. The cause for the calling out Of
the troops by Governor Foraker was the
blowing up Of the locks Of the Paulding
reservoir, near Antwerp, thus destroying
the principal feeder to the Miami and
Lake Erie canal, whose principal terminus
Is in this city. This overt act was com
mitted by 300 men, who secured and bound
the few guards placed around the locks,
and then used dynamite with terrible
effect. This happened at an early hour
this morning, and did not become known
till after daylight. The men who blew up
the reservoir are interested in the land
which II covers, and which they had tried
in vain To obtain from the state fegisla-
ture at the last session. Several attempts
have been made before, and great damage
caused. Adjutant- General Axline arrived
here this afternoon and picked fifty men
in addition to the Gatling-gu squad, and
ptoceeded at once to Cecil, where he will
march across the country to Antwerp,
where the reservoir is located. One COM
pany Of fifty men had preceded him. The
rest Of the militia in this city-the Toledo
cadets and the fourth battery-are ready
10 leave at an hours notice should their
presence he needed. The governor has
ordered the reservoir to be restored at
once.
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 2s.-One Toledo
militia boy was brought home dead (died
from fright and bad whisky this morn
ing and three more are dangerously sick
as the result of one nights campaigning.
The history of the march to the Paulding
reservoir, TO protect IL from the mob, as
told by one Of the disabled soldiers, is ns
good IA some Of the stories of midnight
niurcnes during the wur. He says that
General Axlinc ordered company of
twenty eight men TO proceed from Cecil
TO the reservoir. II was near midnight.
The road was strange and as muddy as it
was strange. The night was dark and
wet. One mile out of town two shots were
fred on the company from ambush, and
~ inttfNhb ruOt ifOhu uoubio7phh-
relied shot-guns, doing no harm but adding
TO the uneasiness of the position. After
struggling through the mud for five
miles three men fell sick and II was re-
solved to retreat back TO Cecil. The res
ervoir was left TO the dynamiters, who had
been warned by spies of the approach OF
the militia. The mob returned to its work,
sunk eight mines, and fred them dnring
the night, using dynamite. This caused
great break in the east wall of the reser-
voir, letting out a great deal of water
They say they will return to the work to-
night and complete the destruction of the
reservoir